Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Burnet County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Burnet County pays $3,639 a year, an effective rate of 1.06%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,639
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 1.06%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +83%
- vs U.S. average
- #170 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Burnet County pay a median $3,639 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.06%, more affordable than 31% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,639
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.06%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2165 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +83%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($344,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 52,652. Owner-occupied homes: 16,000.
The median annual property tax in Burnet County is $3,639, which is 14% lower than the Texas state average and 83% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.06% on a median home value of $344,000. Property taxes represent 4.6% of the median household income in this county.
Why Burnet County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Burnet County pay a median annual property tax of $3,639, far above the national median and notably lower than the Texas state median. On a $344,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.06% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Burnet County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.6% of the $78,732 median household income.
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Burnet County's 1.06% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 31%).
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Texas counties by effective rate
Burnet County ranks #170 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (32% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Burnet County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
The rate gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Burnet County rose 69.2%, from $203,300 to $344,000. The effective rate fell 21.1% over the same span, a steeper move than in 86% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 33.5%, to $3,639. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 33% from $2,726 to $3,639. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 8,631 of 16,000 owner-occupied homes (53.9%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
Earnings are in the national top quarter and the rate is above the midpoint, so the median bill represents 4.6% of median household income. A headline bill conflates the dollar figure with the proportion; the two come apart here, and the ratio above is the second of them.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
What Burnet County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Burnet County homeowners, 8,631 of 16,000 owner-occupied homes (53.9%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 11.7% (1,877)
- $800 to $1,499 6.9% (1,111)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.0% (1,287)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.8% (2,056)
- $3,000 or more 53.9% (8,631)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,038 homes here (6.5%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Texas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Burnet County pay a substantially higher bill, 51% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Burnet County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Burnet County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Burnet County's median bill is 14% below the Texas median and 83% above the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Burnet County moved from $2,726 in the 2020 release to $3,639 in 2024, a change of about 33%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Burnet County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Burnet County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Highest-decile income burden | 4.6% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Is Burnet County's $3,639 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Burnet County's $3,639 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $364/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Texas.
Burnet County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,639 +4.1% | 1.06% |
| 2023 | $3,495 +7.6% | 1.13% |
| 2022 | $3,248 +11.6% | 1.21% |
| 2021 | $2,911 +6.8% | 1.27% |
| 2020 | $2,726 | 1.34% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Burnet County: tax takes 4.6% of income
Counties near Burnet County's median bill
On effective rate, Burnet County sits nearest Yankton County (SD), McCook County (SD), Tuscarawas County (OH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Kanabec County (MN), San Miguel County (NM), Whitley County (IN).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Burnet County: only 8% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 2,130 of 26,340 returns from Burnet County reported real estate taxes, averaging $10,760 - 43% of those reporters sat in the $200k+ AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Burnet County bill FAQs
- How does Burnet County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Burnet County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.06% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Burnet County?
- Property taxes in Burnet County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.6% of the $78,732 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Burnet County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Burnet County jumped 33.5% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,726 to $3,639, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
- What is the average property tax in Burnet County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Burnet County is $3,639, an effective rate of 1.06% on a $344,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Burnet County?
- Burnet County, Texas scores F (15/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is rate relief at F (1.06%). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
What to do with Burnet County's HEAVY bill
Burnet County's $3,639 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Burnet County ranks #170 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Burnet County's HEAVY median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.06%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,639/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Burnet County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Burnet County (PAR · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR HEAVY
Ingham County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,640/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.83% vs Burnet County 1.06%.
Miami County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,643/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 1.27% vs Burnet County 1.06%.
Polk County, OR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,634/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 0.80% vs Burnet County 1.06%.
Oswego County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,646/yr (near-tied bill ABS $7); rate 2.40% vs Burnet County 1.06%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Burnet County stamps PAR · HEAVY - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Burnet County (PAR · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.